37 Back on the Road (1/2)

As the fight between Nero and Tao Jian happened in the morning, it was still early when he returned to the room. He had no trouble sleeping during the day, and no one came to disturb him because everyone was too scared to approach.

Nero didn't want to be in the presence of people who saw him as some kind of freak, so he took a bath and stayed in the room for a few hours until Xiong Zhelan came to call him back on the road.

Xiong Zhelan did not want to stay in this village, so he prepared supplies quickly and was ready to leave before lunch.

When Nero left the room and went through the hall with his backpack, everyone lowered their heads or looked to the side without looking at him. That mood was really shit, but Nero didn't feel bad as he never thought his place was among humans.

But he was still disappointed with Qiao Mei. He could feel that she was in the kitchen, but she would not even show up to say goodbye.

Xiong Zhelan thanked the innkeeper for everything, and the group went out the door leaving everyone more relieved.

As Nero's group headed towards the city exit, he heard Qiao Mei running after them, so he stopped in the middle of the street waiting for her to speak.

Qiao Mei was very confused as to how she felt about Nero, but she will always be grateful to him not only for saving her family but also for giving her a memorable night. Even though she was afraid of him, now she still had to say what she thought about the time they spent together to make things clear.

”I don't regret it!”

Nero couldn't help but smile and continue on his way. He didn't turn around because Qiao Mei didn't want to say goodbye and just make her thoughts clear.

And so Nero left the sunflower village, leaving the entire population with a horror story to tell their children and grandchildren. But one person had much more than the scary parts to tell. Anyway, rumors about a handsome white-haired stranger drinking blood would travel across Xu Dynasty faster than anyone imagined.

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The atmosphere was very different on the other side of the sunflower village. The road from the mountains was long, with a clear horizon and few trees. But the other side towards the west was a road full of trees around, seemed like it was made inside a forest.

After walking half a mile, the group could not even see the village anymore because the road curved with very tall trees blocking the view not only of the sky but also the sides.

Nero could hear the sounds of birds and animals like in any other forest. These and the sounds of the group's footsteps were the only sounds he heard because the group did not talk as before.

The mood was terrible because Xun Lan was walking with her head low, still not knowing how to think, and Zhu Tai would make faces to Nero a sometimes showing that he was upset by Xun Lan's emotional state and blame Nero for that.

Xiong Zhelan couldn't blame them for not understanding Nero, but he came from a family that was never normal, so he sympathized more with Nero than with the others. He didn't want Nero to feel bad or anything like that before he could take him to his sister, so he tried to talk to Nero to improve the mood.

”Ahem! Nero, I didn't tell you about my sister, right?”

That subject made Nero interested because he was really curious about the sister that Xiong Zhelan had already mentioned several times but without giving relevant information.

”Your sister?”

Xiong Zhelan was happy that Nero was willing to talk and started telling things about his childhood and his sister.

The Xiong family was one of the oldest in the Xu Dynasty and also one of the strongest in the past. His ancestors were always incredible swordsmen who left their legends around the world.

But there was a fundamental question about the Xun Family. They were peculiar. In ancient times people believed in honor and did not judge others by characteristics but by their actions. The Xiong Family was highly respected for defending others and the country with their swords always ready to fight.

Even though not everyone in the Xiong Family was purely human, they were not seen in a negative way but as honorable people and excellent swordsmen.

Xiong Zhelan's father died when he and his sister were still very young. He fought a great war to defend the people of the Xu Dynasty from non-human enemies from the South and was considered a hero.

The whole Xiong Family was very proud of Xiong Zhelan's father. He and his sister wanted to be great swordsmen like their father and defend their people to be remembered in history as well.

But times have changed, and people who were not considered entirely human or slightly different were hunted and were not accepted into society. Xiong Zhelan and his family suffered severe losses as many were not entirely human.

Xiong Zhelan's mother was a powerful woman and defended her children by making everyone believe that they had no peculiarities. She took care and trained Xiong Zhelan and his sister very well by teaching them to be good characters and strong swordsmen.

Xiong Zhelan said that he always dreamed of being like his mother because he didn't know much about his father except for the legends, but his mother was a very amazing and strong person. He and his sister saw their mother as the most incredible person in the world and trained hard to one day be like her.

Xiong Zhelan and his sister grew up training hard together with the same goal of reaching their mother's strength. They loved and protected each other, and everything was going well.

”But then a group of people discovered my sister's secret and attacked us. My mom was very strong and could fight several cultivators at the same time, but one of them managed to get close to my sister, and I had to defend her.”

Xiong Zhelan was emotional to talk about his sister.